Twitter: Louis Farrakhan Tweet Comparing Jews to Termites Does Not Violate Rules

After Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan compared Jews to termites, the social media platform Twitter announced that his slur did not violate the site’s rules, according to BuzzFeed News reporter Joe Bernstein.

Just in from a @Twitter spokesperson: Louis Farrakhan’s tweet comparing Jews to termites is not in violation of the company’s policies. The policy on dehumanizing language has not yet been implemented.

So if you want to compare Jews to rats/insects – get it in while you can!

— Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein) October 17, 2018

Mediaite contacted Twitter for comment on the controversy, but did not receive a response by publication.

Farrakhan’s most recent anti-Semitic remarks were made during a speech this week that he gave to honor the 23rd anniversary of the Million Man March.

“To the members of the Jewish community that don’t like me, thank you very much for putting my name all over the planet because of your fear of what we represent,” Farrakhan said. “I can go anywhere in the world and they’ve heard of Farrakhan. Thank you very much.”

“So when they talk about Farrakhan, call me a hater, you [know] what they do, call me an anti-Semite. Stop it, I’m anti-termite,” he added. “I don’t know nothing about hating somebody because of their religious preference.”

I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-Termite. pic.twitter.com/L5dPQcnVg4

— MINISTER FARRAKHAN (@LouisFarrakhan) October 16, 2018

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